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...ARCO Forum at the Institute of Politics is often the magnet for world leaders and controversial figures. Yasser Arafat, who will speak at the Forum today, fits into both of these categories. While he is recognized for his efforts to bring peace to the Middle East, many still focus on Arafat's past links to terrorism...
...knows our business, so there's a familiarity that will lend support." Harvey Weinstein, co-chairman of the Disney subsidiary Miramax Films, calls Eisner and Ovitz "the greatest one-two combination since Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale--only they're both Koufax. Mike Ovitz is the No. 1 talent magnet. Talent loves him. If you say, 'Hey, Mike, I'm having trouble casting this movie,' in about an hour you're not going to have much trouble...
Indeed, Thomas last week attacked the logic of the Brown decision in his concurring opinion on Missouri v. Jenkins. In that decision the court overturned a federal judge's order that the state continue to fund lavish "magnet" schools in Kansas City because test scores at predominantly black schools still lag behind national averages. According to Thomas, the judge had misinterpreted previous court rulings -- including Brown -- "to support the theory that black students suffer an unspecified psychological harm from segregation that retards their mental and educational development. This approach not only relies upon questionable social-science research rather than constitutional...
...school desegregation plans can be ended if they are no longer remedying the effects of past discrimination. The case involves the controversial desegregation program in the Kansas City, Mo. school district. A decade after its implementation, the state of Missouri wants to stop paying for the costly court-ordered magnet school program. Proponents sayracial discrimination still exists in the districtand the plan should continue until minority students' test scores approach the national average. But Missouri officials argued that their lavishly funded program has provided an equal opportunity for minority students to learn and the state should not be held responsible...
Shopping for Core Courses is getting more and more difficult...The Core is meant to make students familiar with a wide variety of fields, but forcing them into huge magnet courses defeats that purpose...Disbanding specific Core Classes in favor of groupings for regular, departmental courses will enhance flexibility without compromising quality...Almost any course taught by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences can be grouped into an existing Core area...